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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Susan Hmelar, Berlin, DE;
David O. Merrill, Corvallis, OR (US);
Glen E. Schmidt, Corvallis, OR (US);
John A. Underwood, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mark J. Green, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Thomas Cocklin, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Bruce Cowger, Corvallis, OR (US);
Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
John A. Barinaga, Portland, OR (US);
Charles R. Steinmetz, Corvallis, OR (US);
Curt G. Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
John F. Wilson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an ink supply container for containing ink. The ink supply container is configured for providing ink to an ink jet printing system. The ink container includes a first feature indicative of an ink family of a plurality of ink families associated with ink contained in the container. Also included is a second feature spaced from the first feature. The second feature is indicative of an ink color of a plurality of ink colors associated with ink in the container.